Sacbee News Quiz: Have you been paying attention to the news this week?
We have eight quiz questions based on the news of the week. How many can you answer correctly? Test yourself each Friday. Good luck!
3 Sep 2010 at 1:46pm


Tomato king Salyer leaves jail after bail is raised
After months of battle that included at least seven hearings, four courts and half a dozen judges, tomato king Frederick Scott Salyer was released from the Sacramento County Jail today on $6 million bail.
Frederick Scott Salyer walks out of the Sacramento County jail with his attorney Malcolm Segal, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The 54-year-old agribusiness mogul, whose tomato-products empire collapsed amid a years-long federal probe that resulted in charges of racketeering, bribery, obstruction of justice and antitrust violations, has been released on bail.
by dwalsh@sacbee.com (Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton)
3 Sep 2010 at 9:28pm


Gunbattle at North Highlands pharmacy kills one
The routine of a Thursday afternoon turned into a chaotic gunbattle that left a pharmacy worker dead, a pregnant co-worker injured and criminals on the run.
27-year-old Rexall pharmacy employee, Tania Gurskiy, died Thursday night from a gunshot wound received during a gun battle at the pharmacy in North Highlands on Sept. 2, 2010.
A Sacramento County sheriff's officer collects evidence outside a Rexall pharmacy in North Highlands following a shootout Thursday in which a female pharmacy worker was killed and a pregnant co-worker was wounded.
A suspect is seen in this video in connection to a North Highlands Rexall Pharmacy shooting that left a 27-year old woman dead September 2, 2010. Video provided by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department.
A suspect is seen in this video in connection to a North Highlands Rexall Pharmacy shooting that left a 27-year old woman dead September 2, 2010. Video provided by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department.
by mkawahara@sacbee.com (Matt Kawahara, Chelsea Phua and Cynthia Hubert)
3 Sep 2010 at 3:51pm


Michael Lyon intends to clear his name, associate says
Sacramento real estate executive Michael Lyon is "embarrassed" by public disclosures of a criminal investigation into secret videotaping at his home, said the woman who has temporarily taken over as head of his company.
Jean Li
by bshallit@sacbee.com (Bob Shallit)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:27pm


Prep blog: We're ready for Week 1 with football coverage
Welcome to Week 1 of high school football season, which actually Week 2 after last week's Week Zero, but who's counting?
Quarterback Jimmy Laughrea takes a snap at practice with the Rocklin Thunder. He threw for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns last season.
Laughrea, center, has a new crew of receivers – left to right, brother Matt Laughrea, Nick Williams, CJ Torretta and Parker Olhiser. With 12 varsity catches among them entering the season, the receivers consider themselves underdogs. Williams caught 12 passes last week.
by bbradley@sacbee.com (Bill Bradley)
3 Sep 2010 at 9:04pm


Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento sheriff says suspect in fatal pharmacy robbery has 's...
One of the suspects in an armed robbery where a pharmacy employee was killed likely has a "significant wound" to one of his fingers, a Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman said today.
A suspect is seen in this video in connection to a North Highlands Rexall Pharmacy shooting that left a 27-year old woman dead September 2, 2010. Video provided by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department.
by mkawahara@sacbee.com (Matt Kawahara)
3 Sep 2010 at 9:10pm


12 suspects, eight younger than 18, arrraigned in Sacramento girl's slaying
They appeared in waves, some still looking tough, others looking scared; some sobbing, others hiding all emotion; all of them charged with murder.
Outside the Sacramento County jail Thursday, a tearful Catrina Kilgore talks about the death of her daughter Aliyah Smith.
by kminugh@sacbee.com (Kim Minugh)
3 Sep 2010 at 11:41am


Capitol Alert: Fiorina decides she has a position on Prop. 23
Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, who repeatedly refused to take a stand on Proposition 23 during a Wednesday debate, said today she is backing the measure.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Carly Fiorina speaks during a debate with Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer on the campus of Saint Mary's College Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Moraga, Calif.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:36pm

Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento sheriff: Man arrested in slaying of horse trainer
A 26-year-old Antelope man is in custody in Kern County today, accused in the killing of a well-known horse trainer in his Watt Avenue apartment last weekend, according to authorities.
by kminugh@sacbee.com (Kim Minugh)
3 Sep 2010 at 7:02pm

Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento County DA says former church deacon sentenced for mol...
A former Cool church deacon was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life for five counts of lewd or lascivious acts with two young sisters under the guise of providing Bible study, according to Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:40pm

Hopes raised for survival of rare Sierra Nevada red fox
A rare Sierra Nevada red fox has been located in the Stanislaus National Forest near Sonora Pass, confirming the animal continues to live in a region where it has been considered extinct for a century.
by mweiser@sacbee.com (MATT WEISER)
3 Sep 2010 at 4:33pm

Sacto 9-1-1: Placer County sheriff: Orangevale man arrested in burglary, car ...
An Orangevale man is suspected of burglarizing a home in Granite Bay and stealing a car in Sacramento County.
by blindelof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof)
3 Sep 2010 at 4:35pm

Sacto 9-1-1: Victim identified in single-car Del Paso Heights crash
The name of a man killed a car crash in the Del Paso Heights area last night has been released by the Sacramento County Coroner's Department.
by cphua@sacbee.com (Chelsea Phua and Bill Lindelof)
3 Sep 2010 at 10:16am

Sacto 9-1-1: Elk Grove mother sentenced for murdering her daughter, 3
An Elk Grove woman who admitted to murdering her 3-year-old adopted daughter from China was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison.
by afurillo@sacbee.com (Andy Furillo)
3 Sep 2010 at 4:36pm

Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento rapist-murderer due parole hearing
A man who drugged and raped a 21-year-old beauty pageant contestant and then left her to die of an overdose in his North Highlands home is scheduled for a parole hearing later this month.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:37pm

LA Times: California

Whitman demonstrates the power of her money
Having given her campaign $104 million, the GOP candidate buys TV, direct mail and a Web presence. Yet she and Jerry Brown are in a competitive race.

Meg Whitman's record-breaking spending in the race for governor has enabled her campaign to blanket California with more TV ads and mailers than any other in state history, while also tapping new technologies to further broaden her reach.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Proposed Westside subway will do little to relieve traffic congestion, report...
The draft environmental impact report does say, however, that the project will give riders more options and allow them to travel across town much faster than the buses on Wilshire Boulevard.

Though the proposed Westside subway extension is expected to provide substantial benefits for transit users, the multibillion-dollar project — contrary to one of its selling points — will do little to relieve traffic congestion in West Los Angeles or the county, a new environmental review shows.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Boy, 9, describes parents' slaying
Recently unsealed affidavits show son tried to get armed intruder to leave. Detectives say DNA evidence links Jonathan Packer to the mysterious 2009 killings in Ventura County's Faria Beach Colony.

The 9-year-old son of a Ventura County couple who were stabbed to death by an intruder last year attempted to get the man to leave by offering him his mother's and father's wallets.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Nuclear cleanup at Santa Susana facility would finish by 2017 under settlement
The plan would remove soil contaminated with carcinogenic dioxins, heavy metals and radioactive materials. Local activists say the site has been a health risk since a partial meltdown in 1959.

In a major victory for community activists worried about health risks linked to a contaminated former nuclear research facility overlooking the west San Fernando Valley, state and federal authorities on Friday proposed a settlement agreement to clean up the site by 2017.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

UC Irvine upholds suspension of Muslim group, bans it for one quarter
The group must complete 100 hours of community service before applying for reinstatement. A yearlong ban had been urged. The penalty stems from the disruption of the Israeli ambassador's speech.

The suspension of a Muslim student group at UC Irvine was upheld by university officials, but the recommended yearlong ban was reduced to one academic quarter, a move that could allow the group to begin participating in campus activities in January.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Assembly candidate faces scrutiny over residency
The L.A. County district attorney's office is looking into whether GOP candidate Sunder Ramani indeed lives in the 43rd Assembly District, as he reported on voter registration and candidacy papers.

A candidate for a Glendale-area state Assembly seat is facing scrutiny about whether he lives in the district he is running to represent, as the law requires.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am


Video campaign invites American Muslims to share their normalcy
Dozens have filmed and posted clips for My Faith My Voice, telling viewers about their sports teams, hometowns or families. The grassroots effort aims to show that 'Muslims are like everyone else.'

One of the most interesting things about American Muslims appears to be their sports loyalties.

4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am


Marine mammal enthusiasts getting a show from blue whales
Unusually large numbers of the gigantic creatures off the Southern California coast are a boon for charter boat operators. A biologist believes the cetaceans are following vast clouds of krill.

Unusually large numbers of blue whales dining off the Southern California coast are providing marine mammal enthusiasts a rare opportunity to see Earth's largest creatures lolling in the waves and spouting misty plumes.

3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am


California to use new type of nationwide school tests
Through a federal grant, California will join 43 other states in replacing oft-maligned standardized exams.

With a federal award of $330 million, California and 43 other states joined Thursday to replace the much-maligned year-end English and math standardized tests with new nationwide tests that could better measure student learning and teacher performance.

3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Rise in benefits to children of illegal immigrants in L.A. County has supervi...

3 Sep 2010 at 5:08pm